A while ago & recently
Song&Art: ‘Sunblind’ by Fleet Foxes
And in your rarified air I feel sunblindI’m looking up at you there high in my mindOnly way that I made it for a long timeBut I’m loud and alive, singing you all night, night Sunblind – Fleet Foxes After spending so much time indoors, it’s a joy to be outside and see Spring unfold…
SSE: the anatomy of feelings
It’s only my bones that are holding meOnly my soul that is haunting meAnd after all, it’s only skin keeping it all in Only Skin – Evans McRae The title track Only Skin of this new album by songwriters Lowri Evans and Tom McRae is a thing of beauty. The whole album is, by the…
Going Green [5]: cheese is heaven, cheese is hell
In the Summer of 2019, after attending barbecue with way too much meat on the grill that can possibly be safe, moral and responsible, I decided to become a vegetarian. I had been eating less and less meat over the last few years, having been a pretty big fan of it throughout my teens and…
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Going Green [5]: cheese is heaven, cheese is hell
In the Summer of 2019, after attending barbecue with way too much meat on the grill that can possibly be safe, moral and responsible, I decided to become a vegetarian. I had been eating less and less meat over the last few years, having been a pretty big fan of it throughout my teens and…
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Going green [4]: Voting with your wallet
It’s a problem environment friendly folks run into frequently. Green companies taking money from companies that aren’t green. Recently,oat drink company Oatly made the news for taking private equity money from an investment firm called Blackstone. The slightly ominously named company is linked to all that’s”currently evil in this world. For example, the head of…
Going green [3]: train holidays
On #FridaysforFuture, Stefan Meeuws publishes a blog on going green. He has recently become a vegetarian, is switching to a greener bank and in general tries to reduce his impact on the environment. This blog is a personal account of the struggles and benefits he experiences on his quest to go green. He hopes to…
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Song&Art: ‘Sunblind’ by Fleet Foxes
And in your rarified air I feel sunblindI’m looking up at you there high in my mindOnly way that I made it for a long timeBut I’m loud and alive, singing you all night, night Sunblind – Fleet Foxes After spending so much time indoors, it’s a joy to be outside and see Spring unfold…
SSE: the anatomy of feelings
It’s only my bones that are holding meOnly my soul that is haunting meAnd after all, it’s only skin keeping it all in Only Skin – Evans McRae The title track Only Skin of this new album by songwriters Lowri Evans and Tom McRae is a thing of beauty. The whole album is, by the…
Almost every letter changed: Netflix’s The Letter For The King
The last time I’ve read The Letter for the King (De Brief voor de Koning) by Tonke Dragt before writing this article, was over ten years ago when I was still studying. I disappointingly discovered that the book was not as epic as I remembered and – having grown used to more modern children’s books…
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SSE: a voice of understanding
Only want to get to work, but every morning I’m too sick to drive.Suffering whiteout conditions, forget the mission just get out aliveWhiteout Conditions – The New Pornographers The song Whiteout Conditions is one that has become a close companion in times of stress and trouble. The band that performs it, The New Pornographers, has…
BBC’s OneCoin podcast “The Missing Cryptoqueen” has it all
A conspiracy, larger than life characters, pyramid schemes, plastic surgery: if you want a podcast that has all the ingredients of a mystery novel and combines with some decent journalism, look no further than The Missing Cryptoqueen. The podcast hasn’t gathered as much attention as it should, so here’s a wholehearted recommendation. The podcast starts…
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Niccolò Ammaniti: You and Me
Sometimes you stumble across an author, whose every word you’d like to devour. At least, I stumbled across one of those, back when I was 19 years old. His name is Niccolò Ammaniti. Frantically, I bought all his books. Ammaniti is a unique writer, unique on every shelf of every library. But with all his…
Words in the middle of the world
That books mean love to me was something that was clear from the moment I could read. I read all the books in the library and any books that I brought with me on holiday were not selected on quality but on size. Otherwise I would have finished them before the holiday had well and…